Railroad ticket-holder



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J.O.HARRIS, OF OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

RAILROAD TICKET-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it vknown that I, J. O. HARRIS, of thecity of Ottawa, in the county ot' La Salle and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and Improved Instrument for aItailroad Ticket-lleidcr 5and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof', reference bi ing had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a thin plate or pieceof metal from onehalf ot' an inch to an inch in width and from an inchto an inch and one-half in length, provided at one end with a clasp orsocket marked b b in Diagram l of the accompanying drawings. This clasp'or socket b b extends nearly or quite across the width ofthe instrumentor said plate. This clasp or socket is intended to and will hold firmlyin position one end of the railroad ticket issued to the passenger. Theother end of the instrument or plate is provided on the same face with aclasp or sprin g, indicated in Diagram l of the annexed drawings by bb', which lastmentioned clasp or spring secures the railroad ticketofthe passenger at the other end oftheinstrument. This instrument isfastened to some exposed part ot' the clothing of the passenger by meansof a common pin and hook, as represented in Diagram N o. 2 of theaccompanying drawings, G G being the pin fastened by the hook f.

The advantages of this instrument are then when the instrumentisfastened,as aforesaid, and the ticket placed in the same, the ticket issecure and safe, being held by means of the Said socket and clasp orspring, as above described, and is always in reach or view of theconductor ot' the railroad-train upon which the passenger, is travelingand can be taken up by the conductor without disturbing the passenger,and can also be taken up by the conductor Without detaining him, aspassengers generally do in tndin g their tickets. The instrument beingalso of less dimensions than the ticket, the ticket reaching out beyondthe metal of which the plate is made, the conductor can punch or cut theticket without removing it from its place. Diagram No. 3 of theaccompanying drawings represents the reverse or back view of theinstrument; Diagram No. 2, a longitudinal View, and Diagram No. 1represents the instrument as holding a railroad ticket according to thedesign or use for which the instrument is made.

I do not intend to limit myself to the pin as a inode of attaching myinvention to the clothing ot' the passenger, but the same .maybe done byany other suitable means, as by a hook or clasp.

Having now fully described my improved ticket-holder, I will specifywhat I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thecombination of the herein-described plate, the socket or clasp b b, andthe spring vor clas b b', arranged and oaeratinr suh- I) o b stantiallyas and for the purposes herein shown and set forth. y

J. O. HARRIS.

Iitnesses:

Trios-H. CLARK, EDM. R. FAY.

